Antemanambondro is a variety of MalagasyTryon, Darrell T., ed. Comparative Austronesian Dictionary: An Introduction to Austronesian Studies. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2011. p. 202. . spoken by the Antemanambondro people, closely related to the Antesaka dialect.
Classification Antemanambondro is a dialect of Malagasy, which belongs to the Austronesian language family. It is classified within the Central-Eastern branch, under the Sahafatra–Antesaka group.
Geographical distribution The dialect is spoken in the Atsimo-Atsinanana region, primarily from the commune of Manambondro up to Manantenina, which marks the beginning of the Tanosy dialect area.
Characteristics Antemanambondro is a transitional Malagasy dialect bridging Antesaka and Tanosy. While essentially identical to Antesaka and likely a dialect of it, Antemanambondro features unique lexical items not found in Antesaka, such as fia for "fish" and ampela for "woman" (where Antesaka uses laokandrano or vily and viavy, respectively).
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